Book recommendations based on data from real readers.
Books like The Dot
With a simple, witty story and free-spirited illustrations, Peter H. Reynolds entices even the stubbornly uncreative among us to make a mark -- and follow where it takes us. Her teacher smiled. "Just make a mark and see where it takes you." Art class is over, but Vashti is sitting glued to her chair in front of a blank piece of paper. The words of her teacher are a gentle invitation to express herself. But Vashti can't draw - she's no artist. To prove her point, Vashti jabs at a blank sheet of paper to make an unremarkable and angry mark. "There!" she says. That one little dot marks the beginning of Vashti's journey of surprise and self-discovery. That special moment is the core of Peter H. Reynolds's delicate fable about the creative spirit in all of us.
Liked The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds? Here's what readers who loved it picked up next.
- Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes (2000) · 4.22★
- Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell (1994) · 4.39★
- Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae · 4.28★
- A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon (1998) · 4.24★
- Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman (1991) · 4.33★
- Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes (1991) · 4.31★
- A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams (1982) · 4.2★
- Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco (1998) · 4.52★
- Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin (1996) · 4.19★
- Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner (2002) · 4.23★
- David Goes To School by David Shannon (1999) · 4.16★
- Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine (2007) · 4.46★